Spain Shocks By Selecting ‘The Good Boss’ Over Pedro Almodovar’s ‘Parallel Mothers’ For International Oscar Consideration

The Danish Oscar committee has selected Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s Flee as its entry for this year’s international Oscar race.

Australia is sending Granaz Moussavi’s When Pomegranates Howl to the Academy as its submission for this year’s International Oscar race.

the youngest ever and first Scottish winner of the Great British Bake Off, attended the ceremony commemorating his new role as Honorary Burgess by Edinburgh's Lord Provost. The former Currie Community High School was joined by friends and family at the evening celebration.

Bad Luck Banging Or Loony Porn, which scooped this year’s Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, has been selected by Romania as its entry for the 2022 International Oscar race.

Sweden is sending Ronnie Sandahl’s Tigers to this year’s International Oscar race.

Iran has chosen Asghar Farhadi’s A Hero as its entry for this year’s International Oscar category.

Mexico has become the latest country to make its submission to this year’s International Oscar race, selecting Tatiana Huezo’s Prayers For The Stolen.

A staple of awards season returns to Hollywood next month with the 2021 edition of AFI Fest.

After opening the Venice Film Festival and continuing on to the New York Film Festival, Oscar winner Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers from Sony Pictures Classics will have a red-carpet premiere at this year’s AFI Fest at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Saturday, Nov. 13.

Penélope Cruz has stunned in a black mini dress while on the red carpet at the New York Film Festival. The 47-year-old was all smiles on October 8 as her acclaimed new film Parallel Mothers closed out the world-famous festival. Her short black dress was adorned with sequins and featured a mesh overlay on her chest and at the hem. She paired the look with towering black pumps, a silver bracelet and matching silver drop earrings as she stepped out at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall.

Clayton Davis Closing out the New York Film Festival, Pedro Almodóvar’s newest venture, “Parallel Mothers,” debuted with an endearing and scintillating turn from Penélope Cruz and newcomer Milena Smit, both of whom will be angling for much-deserved awards attention. But can it go any further than that?Fresh off winning the prestigious Volpi Cup at the Venice Film Festival, it’s easy to see why Cruz was a jury favorite.

Pedro Almodóvar’sParallel Mothers (Madres Paralelas)--which means, for the second time, Spanish actress Penelope Cruz could be nominated for an Oscar for her role in the film.“The three times it has happened it has been a surprise and a great joy,” Cruz told EFE.

Katie Song Pedro Almodóvar’s “Parallel Mothers” starring Penélope Cruz will open the the Miami Film Festival GEMS on Nov. 4.

The Spanish Film Academy has picked Fernando León de Aranoa’s comedy-drama The Good Boss as its entry for the International Oscar race this year.

Penelope Cruz hugs it out with Milena Smit during a photo call event for their new movie, Madres Paralelas, held at the Mandarin Oriental Ritz Hotel on Monday (October 4) in Madrid, Spain.

Bahman Ghobadi, the exiled Iranian filmmaker who has won prizes at Cannes, Berlin, San Sebastian and many other international festivals, has penned a letter to the Film Academy saying, “It would be great if we could have one representative from exiled artists.”

Best International Feature Film category at the 94th Academy Awards.The film is a portrait of a boy living with his family in a protected mountain forest, whose childhood world of myths and legends begins to clash with the harsh realities of the adult world.“The film reflects on the importance of cultural values, the loss of moral orientation, and the synergetic beauty of both wisdom and youth.

Guy Lodge Film CriticSay you’re hitching a ride at the side of a lonely highway, and two cars slow down at once.